Losers:

Theresa May: No mandate for her.The Prime Minister took a gamble by calling an election three years ahead of schedule. She had been hoping to get more popular support for her government as it navigates the country through Brexit. Even though her party won the most seats -- 318 out of 650, with one constituency yet to declare -- it lost ground and will not be able to govern alone.

So May has reached out to Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party for support and will continue to lead the government. "Disaster" and "catastrophe" are two of the words wafting through the London air. And there are questions about how long May can last. Even if she stays, it'll be tougher for her to get things done.

The Conservatives: Bad judgment, again. Thursday's vote was the second of two moves by the Conservatives that spurred unexpected periods of uncertainty and instability.

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The first occurred last year, when May's predecessor, David Cameron, held the Brexit referendum. Britons were asked whether they wanted to stay or leave in the European Union. To the surprise of almost everyone, nearly 52% of the voters favored leaving the EU. The pound crashed, the Prime Minister quit and the world gasped.

Brexit talks: Now that the Tories failed to secure a mandate and a majority in Parliament, the negotiations, scheduled to start on June 19, could be put on hold.

The EU and UK have to forge a deal by March 2019. "We don't know when Brexit talks start," tweeted European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday as the election results became clear. "We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a 'no deal' as a result of 'no negotiations,'" he said.

We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end. Do your best to avoid a "no deal" as result of "no negotiations". #GE2017

UKIP: A big goose egg for the UK Independence Party -- the nationalist movement that favored an exit from the European Union. It won nary a seat and its party leader, Paul Nuttall, stepped down, saying UKIP needs a new focus.

But he also warned that the Brexit movement remains strong and that it will flex its muscles again if the Prime Minister backtracks from her promises on Brexit.

But a good chunk of the populace -- including the young and the working class -- showed an appetite for the left-wing policies and world view embodied by Corbyn and his progressive political agenda.

His talk of ending Tory austerity plans and getting better and fairer funding for health and education resonated.

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party: This is the Democratic Unionist Party's time in the spotlight. It gained two seats to hit double figures but it has outsize influence now.

May called the DUP her "friends and allies," and aims to have an informal partnership with them to govern.

The impact the DUP will have is not yet clear. The party is dedicated to an open border with the Republic of Ireland and may demand that be included in Brexit negotiations. It is also opposed to same-sex marriage and any extension of abortion tights.

Photos:May's party takes a hit in snap UK election

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Friday, June 9. May is seeking the Queen's permission to form a new government after her Conservative Party lost seats in Parliament and failed to secure a working majority in a snap general election.

A car takes May away from Buckingham Palace after her meeting with the Queen. May was the one who called for the snap election three years earlier than required by law.

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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn greets a crowd as he arrives at Labour Party headquarters in London on June 9. Corbyn, who has called on May to resign, started his election campaign with a deficit in the polls of around 20 points. He ended it with more than 30 extra seats.

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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron speaks to supporters and the press in London on June 9. He told reporters that May "put party before country." He said "we will now have a government that is weaker and less stable at a time that we are about the embark on the most difficult and complex negotiations in our history."

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The Houses of Parliament are seen at dawn on June 9.

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In a speech to her constituency in Maidenhead, England, May said that "at this time more than anything else, this country needs a period of stability."

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, arrives at a counting hall in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 9. Voters in Scotland sent a resounding message to the party, which lost more than 20 seats.

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Scottish Labour Party supporters celebrate in Glasgow as ballot-counting was underway on June 9.

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Corbyn prepares to take the stage for poll results to be declared in London.

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Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, embraces his wife, Diane, following his election in Belfast. The conservative, pro-union party only gained two seats, but with May's Conservative Party short of a majority, the DUP has become disproportionately important in forming a new government.

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UK Independence Party leader Paul Nuttall, center, speaks with a party member following the vote count. Nuttall resigned later, leaving UKIP seeking its third leader in a year.

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A graph on a trader's screen shows the fall of the British pound after the first exit poll was released on Thursday, June 8.

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Officials count votes in Glasgow on June 8.

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An official takes a breather as vote counters wait for ballot boxes to arrive in Boston, England.

Election staff take their seats before counting votes in Sunderland, England.

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A staff member sorts ballots in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Sorcha Eastwood, an Alliance Party candidate in Northern Ireland, stands outside a polling station in Lisburn after casting her vote. She and her husband, Dale Shirlow, were married earlier in the day.

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A sign is seen on a telephone box outside a polling station at Rotherwick Hall, west of London.

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A man casts his vote at a boxing gym in Liverpool, England.

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A sign directs voters at a polling station at St. James Church in Edinburgh.

Female lawmakers: From left to right, Prime Minister to new lawmaker, 207 women were elected to the House of Commons, the most ever. In Birmingham Edgbaston, Preet Kaur Gill became the first Sikh woman to be elected to Parliament. Rosie Duffield won the seat in Canterbury, Kent for Labour for the first time in nearly 100 years. A number of prominent female power players kept their seats -- Amber Rudd, Diane Abbott and Emily Thornberry, for example.

The youth vote. Looks like passion overcame apathy for young voters. Those in the 18-24 age group came out to back Corbyn: including in university areas like Sheffield Hallam, where Clegg lost his seat to Labour.

The interest -- no matter what the party -- could have an impact on civic involvement in a nation trying to find its way at home, in Europe and the world for years to come.